Musescore: Load error confusion
I've been trying to open a file that I've been working on for months now. I'm not sure why it isn't opening but everytime I click to open it, I get
"Cannot read file C:\Users\Austin\Documents\MuseScore2\Scores\originalconcertband.mscz.mscz:"
I haven't done anything new to the file itself, I'm really frustrated and upset that Musescore Is doing this to me on something I've been working on since March. Any idea what to do?
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It has the extension. ms z twice?? Anyhow, can you attach h it here, so we can have a look?
In reply to It has the extension. ms z by Jojo-Schmitz
Sure, I have attached it. And I think it only has .mscz twice because I renamed the file and added the ".mscz" just to see if it would do anything. But I changed it back. But here it is. originalconcertband.mscz
In reply to Sure, I have attached it. And by austinkg
The file is broken. It contains a thumbnail, but no XML of a score.
In reply to The file is broken. It by schepers
How? What happened to it? It was there last night, all I did was save it. When I went to open it back up later, it wouldn't open. How can I fix it/get it back?
In reply to How? What happened to it? It by austinkg
Did you have a system crash or disk failure while trying to save it? Any message from MuseScore about closing abnormally? Any message next time you started it about not shutting down properly the previous time?
You could try to load the backup MuseScore created last time you opened the file - same filename but starting with a period and ending with a comma which you'll need to remove before opening the file. The file might be hidden so you might need to enable display of hidden files in your file browser to find it.
In reply to Did you have a system crash by Marc Sabatella
No, no crash or disk failure that I can recall. I found the hidden files but the file is not in there, and all previous versions of the score are not loading either.
In reply to No, no crash or disk failure by austinkg
Which previous versions? Were using some sort of file system versioning software or cloud backup service? Or maybe just doing "Save As" periodically to save checkpoints along the way? Could you post one of those previous versions?
As for the hdiden files, I am not talking about the strangely named versions in MuseScore's private folders that are used for crash recovery. i am talking abiut hidden files in the same folder as the score itself. MuseScore always creates these, so unless you deleted it, it has to be there. Again, same folder as the score itself, but the name will start with a period and end with a comma.